The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 21, 2048
First Quarter
52.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 PM
2:40 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1550
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.05° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.37° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.